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1983ref. 322264Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. First edition one of 325 numbered copies. Frontispiece portrait after a photograph by Ansel Adams. Illustrations and tipped-in specimen leaves. Publisher's keepsake laid in. Folio. Publisher's quarter morocco and cloth. First edition one of 325 numbered copies. Frontispiece portrait after a photograph by Ansel Adams. Illustrations and tipped-in specimen leaves. Publisher's keepsake laid in. Folio. One of 325 numbered copies designed and printed by Wilson and associates at the Press in Tuscany Alley on Barcham Green handmade paper. Printing and publishing bibliography at its very best. W. Thomas Taylor unknown books
1958ref. 9011572Berkeley: University of California Press 1958. Hardcover. Fine condition in near fine dust jackets. 177 photogtaphic images on 67 sheets. Volume 1 is the text and volume 2 is the plates. Bound in publisher's original grey cloth with the front covers and spines stamped in red. Previous owner's bookplate in each volume. Dust jackets are price clipped and have minor chips and closed tears to the extremities. University of California Press hardcover books
1967ref. 80716NY: Vanguard Press 1967. First edition first prnt. Signed by Oates on the title page. Beginning toning on the front board topedge and spine edges and tiny soil spot on rear board; dustjacket with edgewear mostly at corners and the spine topedge and faint toning to spine. Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Oates' second novel and the first in her Wonderland quartet. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vanguard Press Hardcover books
ref. 576250New York: Vanguard Press 1963. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with the spine-lettering modestly toned. Warmly Inscribed by the author. Oates' first book a collection of short stories. An attractive copy. Vanguard Press hardcover books
1979ref. 68619Cambridge Massachusetts: Pomegranate Press 1979. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Printed papercovered boards very slightly rubbed else fine. One of 20 lettered artist proof copies this being copy I bound by Skip Carpenter of the Green Dragon Bindery Signed by the author and by Karyl Klopp the artist with an extra suite of plates laid into a pocket in the back pastedown. Pomegranate Press hardcover books
1964ref. 576251New York: Vanguard Press 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in about fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing and a tiny tear at the crown. Warmly Inscribed by Oates. Also laid in is a complimentary slip for the book also Signed by Oates. A book usually found much more worn. Vanguard Press hardcover books
1918ref. 5208Boston MA: The Cornhill Company 1918. First Edition/Pirate Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ. First Edition/Pirate Edition. Hardcover. Unauthorized American Edition which precedes the First Authorized American Edition. Believed to be a print run of 1000 copies. A very handsome copy of this rather scarce volume. Seldom found in such lovely condition. Hint of shelf/edge wear else tight bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards gilt lettering deckled paper. 12mo. np. 36 numbered poems. The Cornhill Company hardcover books
1950ref. 323229n.p.: n.p. 1950. 214pp. 19pp. laid-in 8pp. autograph notes. 1 vols. 4to. Standard B&P cloth-covered three-ring binder some soiling quite good. Pages starting to yellow and some pages towards the rear tearing at binding holes. 214pp. 19pp. laid-in 8pp. autograph notes. 1 vols. 4to. Portions of Joyce's book are typed out word for word nine lines per page with five blank lines separating each line of text. The space below each line is used for word by word elaboration for example some of the words in the first page alone: "riverrun": river runs Liffey rive vers Fr. un "Armorica": Brittany love Fr. America armor "isthmus": =neck G ist muss he is he must Pages numbered 13-84 correspond to the opening roughly two-thirds of Book 1 Chapter 1. There are 19pp. of duplicate pages out of the section loosely inserted with more elaboration. Pages 595-683 correspond to the Mookes and the Gripes section of Book 1 Chapter 6. Pages 853-864 corresponds to the end of Book 1 Chapter 8 the Anna Livia Plurabelle section. Pages 1237-1256 correspond to Book 2 Chapter 3 the Mullingar Inn section. Pages 2373-2393 correspond to the opening of Book 4 Chapter 1 the final chapter of the book. n.p. unknown books
1926ref. 345989New York / Birmingham England: J. Fischer & Bro 1926. First edition Low B No. 5774 issue. 4 pp. 4to. Unbound folio wrappers with small chip at lower corner circa one-quarter inch in blank margin of corner only former ownership in black ink on top right original seller's stamp at lower right rear cover has one small tear with a small ink blot at upper blank margin toning at upper fore-edge else a very good copy. First edition Low B No. 5774 issue. 4 pp. 4to. A scarce early James Joyce sheet music. OCLC lists a single holding British Library. J. Fischer & Bro unknown books
1944ref. 371012London: Michael Joseph 1944. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brick cloth stamped in silver. Fine in very good plus dust jacket tiny chip at foot of spine panel two short closed tears in front panel. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. The great wartime novel by Joyce Carey a dark comedy featuring the adventures of artist Gulley Jimson. Filmed in 1978 with Alec Guiness and Kay Walsh. Michael Joseph unknown books
1985ref. 108769Minneapolis:: Word Weavers. Very Good. 1985. Paperback. 0961560509 . Black and white photographs and line drawings throughout. First edition paperback. Light shelf wear small corner crease to rear cover else very good in oversize pictorial wraps.; 181 pages . Word Weavers, paperback books
1934ref. JC10701New York: Random House 1934. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. xvii 768. Cloth a little dust-soiled; spine somewhat tanned; spine tips and corners gently rubbed. Dust jacket lightly chipped and torn along the edges; front flap detached but appears whole under mylar; not price-clipped $3.50. Random House hardcover books
1977ref. 55740Portage Indiana: The Compulsive Printer 1977. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. 50/75. Quarto. Unpaginated 32 leaves. Original burgundy velvet clamshell with gilt relief serigraph inset housed in red paper-covered clamshell box with black lettering on red label of spine. Signed and numbered in pencil by D'Ambrosio on all three block print title pages and colophon. Here also signed by the printer Elmore Mundell. The Mookse and the Gripes is Joyce's retelling of Aesop's fable of 'The Fox and the Grapes.' It was originally published in 1939. This edition is illustrated with numerous block prints and serigraphs in color and b/w. This edition of The Mookse and the Gripes limited to seventy-five copies and five artist proofs has been set in 18 point Bulmer and printed on Rives BFK paper by the Compulsive Printer Portage Indiana on a No. 3 Vandercook proof press. All serigraphs blockprints and binding by D'Ambrosio. Cover relief-serigraph gilded with 23 K gold. The story is taken from 'Two Tales of Shem and Shaun.' This edition published by Joseph J. D'Ambrosio 3824 Alta Vista Terrace Chicago Illinois 60613. This copy is number 50/75 and signed by the artist and printer. Outer clamshell box with light wear two small closed tear at head and tail of front edge of spine. The Compulsive Printer hardcover books
1986ref. D1717The Limited Editions Club 1986. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Linen-covered boards backed in dark green morocco gilt-stamped lettering on spine; in slipcase. Number 46 from a limited edition of 1000 copies printed at the Wild Carrot Letterpress and Heritage Printers. A lavish production in near fine condition with a few little scuff marks on boards and spine. Internally pristine with crisp tissue-guarded photogravures by Robert Ballagh. Newsletter of the LEC laid-in. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1916ref. 309232New York: Laurence J.ames Gomme 1916. First edition first issue. viii 79 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Cloth and boards. Very Good. First edition first issue. viii 79 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Signed on ffep "Joyce Kilmer Christmas New York 1916." The earliest copy listed by BAL is at UVa and inscribed Nov. 24 1916. BAL 11108 Laurence J.[ames] Gomme unknown books
1916ref. 020418New York: Laurence J. Gomme 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear and spotting to the spine mild wear to corners. Very Good lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Earliest issue without publisher Mitchell Kennerley's plate on the front pastedown. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Father Philbin/from/Joyce Kilmer/Nov. 22 1916/For punctuality/and good conduct." A delightful inscription by the devout poet soldier who was killed at the Second Battle of Marne in 1918 at the age of 31. Laurence J. Gomme hardcover books
1975ref. 185651975. The letters to Stephen Schwartz then editor of the surrealist review "Antinarcissus" 1967-75. touch on her personal life habits health with discussion of surrealism and various surrealists politics poetry etc. Joyce Mansour 1928-1986 born in England to Egyptian-Jewish parents spent her childhood in Cairo and moved to Paris in the 1950s where she became identified with the surrealist movement. unknown books
1977ref. 404426Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Small quarto. Fine in modestly rubbed near fine acetate dustwrapper. Copy number 1 of 3 copies for presentation Signed and with an original ink drawing by the author tipped-in as issued. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1925ref. 29280Paris 1925. 1 "Mon jour terreste diminue" a setting of Paul Claudel's poetry for voice and orchestra. Six pages musical partition in red and black ink with hand written cover and a formal dedication to Adrienne Monnier. Signed at the end and dated June 1920 and 2 "Finale des Choeurs pour un exposition Coloniale. A la mémoire de Joseph Conrad et ses navigateurs" Six pages musical partition in pencil with title and annotations in ink. 350 x 270 mm. Inscribed by Benoist-Méchin to Adrienne Monnier. Before becoming a politicianthe young Benoîst-Méchin tried his hand as a composer. He was not yet 20 years old when he wrote the first piece. At Adrienne Monnier's request he also translated the "Penelope" section of Joyce's "Ulysses" for which he supplied musical notation that Joyce had photographed and used in print. When he was an official in the Vichy government Benoîst-Méchin was able to use his influence to have Sylvia Beach released from internment. unknown books
1939ref. 403164New York: The Business Bourse Publishers 1939. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. 324pp. Fine in just about fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Frederick at a later date: "To Charles Paoly Sea Isle Hotel Miami Beach with appreciation of the author J. George Frederick President Gourmet Society. New York N.Y. 10/28/83." Frederick's recipes edited by Jean Joyce. A beautiful copy. The Business Bourse, Publishers hardcover books
1930ref. 353066Paris: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane; New York: Fountain Press 1930. First edition 368 of 500 on pure hand-made Vidalon Royal. 73 1 pp. 4to. Printed wrappers in glassine glassine with loss at bottom rear portion. Fine. First edition 368 of 500 on pure hand-made Vidalon Royal. 73 1 pp. 4to. First edition of this fragment of what would ultimately become Finnegans Wake; a fine copy. Slocum and Cahoon 41 Henry Babou and Jack Kahane; New York: Fountain Press unknown books
1997ref. 1400882Dublin: The Lilliput Press 1997. Limited Dublin Edition #496/1000. Hardcover. Octavo 739 pages. In Good plus condition. Housed in publisher's mildly worn black cloth slip case. Bound in publisher's green-blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Staining and light sunning to spine. Fraying to end of bookmark. Enumerated on tipped-in limitation page near front of textblock. Shelved in Case 2. 1400882. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Lilliput Press hardcover books
1997ref. 50725Dublin: The Lilliput Press 1997. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Copy #297. Edited with a Preface by Danis Rose. Introduction by John Banville. Cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped lettering on spine in cloth-covered slipcase. Satin pagemarker. Issued without dustjacket. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine slipcase. The first edition of this title produced in Ireland. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Lilliput Press hardcover books
1925ref. 459674New York City: Samuel Roth 1925. Softcover. Very Good. First American printing. Four quarterly issues in printed wrappers. Volume 1 Nos. 1-4 September 1925; December 1925; March 1926; June 1926. Contains the first four of five installments of an unauthorized serial appearance of Finnegans Wake reprinted from European publications. One of 500 copies printed. Small ownership signature of a noted American psychologist in ink on the first page of each issue. The back cover of issue no. 1 also has a small presentation in ink to the psychologist. Toning and light dust soiling to the printed wrappers some creasing and short tears to the spines very good housed in two cloth slipcases covered with brown paper tape. The first four consecutive issues of Samuel Roth's Two Worlds containing a scarce pirated American printing of Finnegans Wake a 20th Century literary highspot. Slocum and Cahoon C65; Burgess 99 and Connolly 100 one of only three titles on both lists. Samuel Roth unknown books
1914ref. 337054New York: Doran 1914. First. hardcover. very good-. 75 pages small 8vo light brown cloth extremes of spine chipped; bookplate. New York: Doran 1914. First Edition. Autographed by Kilmer on the flyleaf. First. or early issue with Cortez for Cortes on p. 22 and copyright page without "printed in the U.S.A." Only one blank terminal leaf instead of four. Doran unknown books
